The Budget 2018-19 has been finally tabled a day before, and now the Federal Government Employees are searching over the internet and discussing with their colleagues what they have got actually. Truly speaking FG Employees are in a win-win situation this time to some extent. In addition to 10% flat increase in their salaries, they will get 50% increment House Rent Allowance and Rental Ceiling as well. Please note these are estimated figures and official figures may vary.

Adhoc Relief Final for 2018

Revised Rental Ceiling Chart 2018

The increment in House Rent Allowance of 50% is in favour of those not availing hiring or self-hiring facility allowance from the government. Those availing Rental Ceiling Allowances are also eligible to get that benefit at all.

In addition to raise in salary about 10% and 50% in HRA, the retired will get 10% increase in pension as well, and minimum pension has been increased from 6,000 to 10,000 per month. Moreover, the family pension has also been increased to 7,500 as well.

Revised House Rent Allowance 2018 (Civil Servants)

Government Employees often complain about the taxes on their salaries, but now this problem has been resolved for many government employees getting per month salary Rs. 100,000 or less or aggregate Rs. 1,200,000 per year. Now, these will be exempt from tax. That will also give these employees advantage of getting an additional payment that otherwise was being deducted as income tax from salary.

Benefits for Government Employees

In Fiscal Year 2018-19 Budget, the government announced my benefits for its employees. Here are the raise, benefits and perks announced for the federal employees.

Salary – 10% Raise

House Rent Allowance – 50% Raise

Adhoc Relief Allowance – 10% Raise for Civil and Military Personals

Pension -10% Raise

Basic Pay – 10% Raise

Effective Date

All of the above benefits will effective from 1st July 2018, and the employees will get the real benefits in August against their salary of July 2018. This year is going to be best for government employees. Once their basic raises, there will slightly change in annual increment too. So, overall Federal Government Employees are not at a loss at all except those not eligible for the House Rent Allowance.

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Once the detailed revised BPS chart is approved by the Ministry of Finance, we will publish on our website. So stay tuned for further updates.

The government servants have suffered a lot since creation of Pakistan. No government has been sympathetic to them. They live life like a labourer. Their families suffer, children cannot live life free of worries. They need financial support. And I expect the present government of PTI to announce historical increase in the pay of government servants with a view to curb corruption and ameliorate their life status. Increase of pay would streamline program of eradicating corruption in the public departments. Thanks